Recent content by DG_player

Who cares if KJ's feet are a couple inches off the ground when he drains a massive 90 foot jumper, etc., etc.? Big jumpers/steppers are one of the more exciting things to watch in coverage. We should probably make everything stand and deliver so it can be as boring as can be.

If the goal is to get rid of step putting and jump putting, why does the rule change to achieve this have to be so complicated? Why can't it just be: "No step putting or jump putting." Everyone who plays disc golf knows what they are and what they look like. Why can't it be that simple...

Everyone I know who has done Keto turned into a miserable grump. Ricky always seems in a good mood on coverage even when he's losing, so he must be sneaking in some carbs somewhere.

Their recommendation isn't even clear. Are they suggesting you measure the flight path of the disc, or are they suggesting you measure straight line distance from tee to hole, or tee to landing point to hole for par 4+? I can only assume they mean the latter, because as Steve pointed out...

Wow. Reading that article makes me wish they made a minivan.

Paul is the Tiger Woods of our sport. His brand will be valuable long after he ceases to be competitive.

I thought the same thing. Even Nike who's entire business model is pretty much built on selling tremedously marked up product via sponsorships only spends like 15% of their revenue. I would have to think given the fact they already had him under contract for 4 years and didn't have any reason...

This is true up to a point. Every flying thing, whether it's a disc or a plane has a drag curve (google it if you want an image). At the bottom of the curve there is an optimal speed where you get the best ratio of lift vs drag. Above or below this speed the amount of drag to maintain the...

Just make sure if it's during a zoom meeting you have it muted AND the video turned off.

I miss the simplicity of the discraft number and arrow. All they needed to make it complete was a picture of a guy next to it so you could judge if have the power to throw it. Maybe a guy with a cane, a slightly overweight middle aged man, a young athletic dude, and finally Ezra flexing.

If I were rating speeds I'd probably go off the speed for optimal lift/drag ratio. It would make shopping for discs a lot easier: "Optimum L/D: 60 mph." Hmm... not happening "40 mph" There we go that sounds maybe doable.

Clearly glide would be the hardest to objectively measure, since most people can't even seem to agree what they're even talking about when referring to glide. Speed should be pretty easy, simply measure the drag coefficient. Fade and turn could be easily objectively measured as well. Just...

My take is that generally when people are talking about glide they're talking about the latter part of the flight, once it's crested the apex and has lost it's release speed and is relying on gravity. Comparing a nuke to an aviar is like comparing an F16 to a cessna. Clearly the F16 is faster...

It's simply a measure of how far something flies horizontally for elevation lost. For example something with a glide ratio of 10 would fly 100 feet forward for every 10 feet of altitude lost. Of course using an objective measure would prevent the disc manufacturers from arbitrarily labelling...

You could use an actual established aerodynamic measurement like glide ratio.